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Sean McHenry

Associate Producer

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Sean is based in Los Angeles, California.

He works on the flagship broadcast show “Marketplace,” where he produces host interviews, first-person stories via the “My Economy” series, and directs (he’s one of the people who picks the music you hear on the show).

Sean graduated from the University of Michigan and got his formal entry to radio as an intern on Michigan Radio’s daily newsmagazine “Stateside.” Before that, his notable jobs include writing teacher, barista, and he was briefly a janitor. He enjoys being a big nerd over coffee and TV, especially sci-fi and reality TV.

Episodes by Sean (4)

Corner Office from Marketplace

Running a contemporary art museum is a balancing act

Feb 10, 2020
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For "The Walking Dead's" Scott Gimple, a story needs sadness to make the happiness real

Oct 30, 2019
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Dick's Sporting Goods' Ed Stack on taking a stand

Oct 7, 2019
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Dany Garcia runs one of the most influential companies you probably haven't heard of

Sep 25, 2019
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Latest Stories (399)

CDC director resigns over investments

by Amy Scott and Sean McHenry
Jan 31, 2018
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald resigned from her post as acting director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. This came after a report in Politico which detailed a series of stock purchases made by Fitzgerald, including shares of tobacco companies. Politico reporter Sarah Karlin-Smith spoke with Marketplace host Amy Scott, and she said the conflict between […]
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Inside social media's black market

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jan 30, 2018
New York Times reporter Nick Confessore tells how many celebrities have bought their followers from a company called Devumi.
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The craft beer industry may be a model for us all

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jan 25, 2018
The business is booming. And the reason may have to do with regulations.
The number of breweries in the U.S. expanded by a factor of six between 2008 and 2016, says Derek Thompson of The Atlantic.
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Why the Do Not Call list won't save you from robocalls

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jan 24, 2018
It was a great idea when it started. Now, it's become a bit of a joke.
A pedestrian using his cellphone walks past a boarded establishment showing skeleton heads with cellphones in Los Angeles in January.
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Mick Mulvaney doesn’t think the CFPB needs more money

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jan 18, 2018
The acting director requested $0 for the bureau’s funding.
Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump's pick for acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, walks back to the White House from the CFPB building after he showed up for his first day of work on November 27, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
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Corner Office

The head of BlackRock just gave CEOs a talking to

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jan 17, 2018
Larry Fink, the company's chairman, issued a letter to corporate leaders urging more corporate responsibility.
“We believe companies need purpose," BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says.
Toru Yamanaka / Staff
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Uber had a secret defense against law enforcement

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jan 17, 2018
According to Bloomberg, employees used a lock-out program to keep foreign cops away from company data.
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How the Rockefellers came to be at odds with Big Oil

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jan 12, 2018
Earlier this week, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City would divest its pension funds from fossil fuels and that the city would sue the big five oil companies. The reason? To collect damages for the cost of coping with the effects of climate change on city infrastructure. The irony […]
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Why investing in coal companies may not help the people living in coal country

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Jan 11, 2018
When we subsidize coal companies, does that make it back to the people living in coal country? In her reporting for Quartz, economics writer Gwynn Guilford found that the answer may be a loud, resounding “no.” For her article “The 100-year capitalist experiment that keeps Appalachia poor, sick, and stuck on coal,” Guilford reported on the […]
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My Economy

Homesteading in the digital age

by Sean McHenry
Jan 9, 2018
Is there a future in growing our food and trading it for the things we want?
An urban farm in Berlin, Germany.
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